About Urban Art Festival Amsterdam

Urban Art Now and R.U.A. celebrate the 6th edition of URBAN ART FESTIVAL in Amsterdam and are proud to present a stimulating and creative agenda with diverse exhibitions and side events bringing perspectives from a range of disciplines and styles.

Urban Art cannot be defined as one thing only since the city is in nature a playground for art; the battles will go on affording moments of retroflexion and display- in its many forms. Artists explore shapes, ideas and allude to how we perceive ourselves and the world around us.

Works exhibited in the festival will range from canvas, sculptures, mural paintings and live painting and cover the conceptual, ideological and political aspect of urban art.

The Art of Paiting

Urban Art Festival Amsterdam 2017 presents the exhibition ”The Art of Painting” with the work of nearly 50 international and local urban contemporary artists.

The exhibition explores the engagement of contemporary urban artists to techniques of classical painting. Many of these artists have an academic background in classical painting and spent many hours creating truly well-executed craftsmanship with approaches used by the old masters.

AMSTERDAM’S BIGGEST FESTIVAL FOR INTERNATIONAL STREET ART

Urban Art Festival has a long track record in promoting street and urban art with awe-inspiring festivals and events. Founded in 2010 and since 2013 it is the largest urban contemporary and street art festival in Amsterdam. It strives to introduce socially relevant thematic subjects and new art-forms into the country. This art fête often looks for international and European synergies to enhance and share the experiences and knowledge of the arts as well as to create an expansive platform of artists and initiatives.

Furthermore, the organizers Urban Art Now and R.U.A. start a series of events that explore art in the public space and the dynamics around it, in particular art within the social sphere.

AN ECLECTIC LINE-UP OF INTERNATIONAL TOP ARTISTS

We invited an eclectic selection of the top Urban Artists to Amsterdam: